Thursday, October 9, 2014

In the film 7m Arivu, in modern day
China, Dong Lee (Johnny Tri
Nguyen) is given the task of starting a government planned biological war
against India, known as Operation Red. Dong Lee arrives in Chennai starts this
operation by injecting a virus into a street dog. This disease was the one
which occurred during the time of Bodhidharma in China. ……… the heroine, a student of genetics researches that
Bodhidharma can be brought back to life if his sample of DNA is matched with
another sample of DNA !!!!!!

Thousands are
dying of Ebola in Africa... but Spaniards are protesting for a dog ….. and
demonstrators clashed with Police authorities too……… sounds strange ! Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur,
sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful
sovereignty of Great Britain- that is the name of the dog too.

Globally Ebola is the
dreaded thing …. Ebola virus disease (EVD), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), or
simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebola
virus. The virus may be acquired upon
contact with blood or bodily fluids of an infected human or other animal. Fruit
bats are believed to be a carrier and may spread the virus without being
affected. Once human infection occurs, the disease may spread between people,
as well. Ebola is extremely infectious
but not extremely contagious. As the Ebola virus continues to spread in Sierra
Leone, Liberia and Guinea, health officials are concerned that myths and
misinformation may continue to spread too. The virus has claimed more than
2,800 lives so far, as there are alarming reports of rise incidence.

Away in Spain, a dog named
Excalibur is in thick of news …. It caused Police clash with demonstrators
angry over threat to infected nurse's pet when it was carted away by authorities. The dog belongs to Spanish nurse Teresa
Romeros, who's contracted Ebola. Officials say there's a possibility that the
dog could spread the virus but social
media and on roads there is campaign called 'SalvemosAExcalibur' – Spanish for 'Let's save
Excalibur'. A report in Daily Mail states that dozens of animal rights
activists scuffled with police and tried to prevent an ambulance and workers in
hazmat suits from entering the apartment of Spanish Ebola victim Teresa
Romeros. The workers had arrived to disinfect the property and - more crucially
to a rapidly growing army of protesters - take away the nurse's pet dog,
Excalibur. Madrid regional's government obtained a court order to euthanize the
dog, saying 'available scientific information' cannot rule out the possibility
that Excalibur could spread the virus.

the nurse with her dog.

The move has provoked anger
- both on the streets of Spain and on social media around the world - prompting
a campaign to save the dog's life. Despite campaigns, the dog was eventually
carted off by authorities this morning, but its fate remains unclear. There were unconfirmed reports that officials
were considering putting the pet into quarantine rather than putting it to
sleep, amid growing public unrest over its plight.

The United States got its first
scare from Ebola last week when Thomas Eric Duncan, a man sick with the virus,
travelled from Liberia to Dallas. This man was feared to have been in contact
with up to 100 people after he became contagious, all of whom had to be
individually evaluated by public health professionals for their exposure risk.
Half of these individuals are currently under observation. Nine of them
considered to be at highest risk are being checked twice daily for symptoms. The man had presented himself to a Dallas
hospital only to be misdiagnosed and sent home. It took days before a properly
trained Hazmat crew was sent to the apartment to clean it. Some state that human errors in this single
case highlight why it is urgent that all commercial flights from the impacted
countries to all non-affected countries be banned until the outbreak is contained.

Amidst news that 100-strong
army of British military medics will set up Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone to
treat victims, the dog Excalibur has become the focus of animal lovers around
the world with hundreds flooding social media with adorable pictures of their
pets as part of an international campaign to save the dog. Twitter is awash
with photographs of dogs, cats and birds which have been posted alongside the
hashtag 'SalvemosAExcalibur' – which is Spanish for 'Let's save Excalibur'. A petition for the dog to be saved - on the
change.org website - has so far received over 300,000 signatures. The petition
for Excalibur said: 'It would be much easier to isolate or quarantine the dog
just as they have the victim’s husband. If this woman were to die, the dog
which has accompanied them for so many years would be an important emotional
support for her husband. This is not "just" a dog, for this couple he
is one of the family.'

Ms Romero Ramos, 44, from Galicia in northwest
Spain, who is one of the medical team that treated two repatriated Spanish
priests who died from Ebola, has been in quarantine since it was confirmed she
was carrying the virus. Her husband Javier Limon Romero has also been
quarantined over fears he may too have contracted the disease.

Lab experiments on other
animals suggest their urine, saliva or stool might contain the virus. That
means that in theory, people might catch it through an infected dog licking or
biting them, or from grooming. When over 3,400
people have died from Ebola, with almost 8,000 infected, the best-supported
petition concerning human sufferers of the crisis, calling for drugs and
vaccines to be fast-tracked, has just half that number, calling in to question
whether the West has its priorities right. At the time of posting
this, newspaper reports confirm that Health authorities put down mixed-breed,
Excalibur.